Socioeconomic Differences in Sympathovagal Balance: The Healthy Life in an Urban Setting Study.

Psychosomatic Medicine
Benjamin P van NieuwenhuizenIrene G M van Valkengoed

Abstract

Alterations in sympathovagal balance are associated with cardiovascular disease. If sympathovagal balance differs across socioeconomic groups, it may reflect a mechanism through which disparities in cardiovascular disease occur. We therefore assessed the association between education and occupation with measures of sympathovagal balance in a large multiethnic sample. We included cross-sectional data of 10,202 South Asian Surinamese, African Surinamese, Ghanaian, Turkish, Moroccan, and Dutch-origin participants from the Healthy Life in an Urban Setting study. Sympathovagal balance was measured by baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) and the standard deviation of the interbeat interval, calculated from changes in blood pressure and interbeat intervals, from 5-minute recordings. We calculated geometric means and estimated the relative index of inequality, using age- and ethnicity-adjusted linear regression, to quantify the association between education and occupation and sympathovagal balance. In addition, we assessed whether the association was consistent across ethnic groups. The geometric means of BRS ranged from 8.16 ms/mm Hg (confidence interval [CI] = 7.91-8.43 ms/mm Hg) in low-educated to 14.00 ms/mm Hg (CI = 13.53-14.48 ms/mm Hg) ...Continue Reading

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